Apparatus and computer program for practicing musical instrument

a computer program and instrument technology, applied in the field of instruments and computer programs for practicing instruments, can solve problems such as delay or breakage of voices

US20050257667A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-11-24YAMAHA CORP
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US · United States
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Publication Date
2005-11-24
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

An electronic musical instrument stores plural pieces of voice data (i.e., voice waveform data) indicating plural syllables (a, i, u, etc., or do, re, mi, etc.) and automatic performance data indicating a performed music piece. The automatic performance data is composed of a series of note data and information indicating voice data corresponding to the note data. The pitch indicated by the performance information from a keyboard and the pitch indicated by the performance data are compared, and in case where both pitches correspond with each other, the voice data is reproduced with a frequency corresponding to both pitches (steps S21 and S22). In case where both pitches do not correspond with each other, the voice data is reproduced with a frequency having the pitch indicated by the inputted performance information (steps S21, S23 and S24). Therefore, a user can practice playing a musical instrument with fun by getting the user to listen to voices such as lyrics, syllable names (do, re, mi, etc.) or the like.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to an apparatus and a computer program for practicing a musical instrument.

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0004] Heretofore, an apparatus for practicing a musical instrument has been known, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application No. HEI6-289857, for example, that compares, every one tone, a pitch indicated by performance information inputted by a user with a pitch indicated by a series of performance data prepared beforehand and indicative of a performed music piece, and when the performance information inputted by the user and the corresponding subject tone of the performance data correspond with each other, causes the user to practice playing a musical instrument every one tone with the tone indicated by the next performance data defined as a to-be-compared tone.

[0005] The aforesaid conventional apparatus sounds out the musical instrument sound having a pit...

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[0019] Explained hereinafter is an electronic musical instrument to which an apparatus for practicing playing a musical instrument according to one embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing this electronic musical instrument. This electronic musical instrument has a keyboard 11, setting operation element group 12, display device 13, tone signal generating circuit 14 and voice signal generating circuit 15.

[0020] The keyboard 11 is used to input performance information, and is composed of a plurality of white keys and black keys, each corresponding to pitches over several octaves. The setting operation element group 12 is composed of switch operation elements, volume operation elements, a mouse, cursor moving keys, etc., for setting the operation manner of this electronic musical instrument. The operations of the keyboard 11 and the setting operation element group 12 are respectively detected by detecting circuits 16 and 17 connec...